@ForwomenScot @EdinburghCC LGBT Youth Scotland is registered as a lobbying organisation, ie. they are a political pressure group who try to influence public policy in the interest of their particular cause. 1/
@ForwomenScot @EdinburghCC Schools have a duty to comply with Sections 406 and 407 of the Education Act 1996, which forbids "the promotion of partisan political views..." /2
@ForwomenScot @EdinburghCC There's also a requirement in the Prevent Duty and Teaching Controversial Issues for Schools which places a duty on schools to “secure that where political issues are brought to the attention of pupils… they are offered a balanced presentation of opposing views”. /3
@ForwomenScot @EdinburghCC So groups trying to influence policy about changing the use of sex segregated spaces in schools, changing school policy, changing language used in schools etc are acting as political pressure groups, and if their work involves pupils there MUST be a balance of views. /4
@ForwomenScot @EdinburghCC Where does that leave LGBT Youth's transgender guidance for schools under these laws? @EdinburghCC?
@ForwomenScot @EdinburghCC LGBT Youth also run youth clubs and a phone helpline. I don't see a safeguarding or child protection policy on their website - which you would've thought important for an organisation with this murky past: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
